iOS ini/array Issue

[PushTheLimit]

Hi, I'm currently having a runtime issue with XCode. I get the error code "EXC_BAD_ACCESS" when running my program in XCode. This error didn't pop up until I added the loading of an array file in my program "settings.arr" to load in some default settings for various objects. I added this file to the project solution in XCode and then I got that error during the "clean" routine in KcArrayData Clean, so I know it's because of this process. I looked up the error in google and came across information saying either that a pointer is corrupt or premature memory deallocation occurred. In either case, I don't know ObjC, so finding the root of the problem will be pretty difficult. Has anyone successfully loaded ini/array files successfully in an application for the iPhone/iPad? If so, what steps should I take?

[Francois]

Can you send me the application, and the .arr file?

[DistantJ]

Do you need to drag the file into XCode or does it create it?

Premature deallocation means that either a [release] or a [dealloc] happened, effectively clearing a variable or object from the memory, but the code still needs it.

Have you tried removing the array file and running it? That could confirm that it's definitely the array.

[PushTheLimit]

I guess I just don't know where to place the file in the XCode project, because when I remove the reference to the file, I still get the error. Please note, I have two different builds of this application in XCode. The old build references the array to a direct path on my harddrive (which doesn't exist on my mac). That build doesn't get the error. When I changed it to reference a relative path (just used "settings.arr") and send that build over, that's when I get the error. Otherwise, there was no other change in the two builds. So, I think it perhaps has to do with where I'm placing the file? I'm not sure. If there were an example out there, I could feel more confident in the process I should be using. Since, this is probably just an issue with the procedure I'm using and not the application.

[PushTheLimit]

Francois, just in case you missed the message, I sent you a link that you can use to download the project file & array file. I'm hoping not to have to hard-code these values until the game is ready for release, so that tweaking object attributes does not require an entire rebuild of the app.

[PushTheLimit]

Just a bump on this issue... has the array referencing issue been resolved in the latest mmf2 build? Has anyone successfully incorporated loading arrays from files in their builds?

[Anders]

Did you use the array to store strings? If so, then yes Francois has fixed a bug that caused a crash during load time of the array

This is in the beta version we will be releasing soon.

[PushTheLimit]

Yep, the array being loaded stored mixed data; string and ints. So that is good news, hopefully it will be the fix I need! Thanks

[Jeff]

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